Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) slides on the ice while fighting for the puck against New York Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock (6) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in New York.(Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP)

NEW YORK — Reckless stick work by Tyler Bertuzzi and a soft night on the penalty kill forced the Detroit Red Wings to play past regulation.

The Wings had a three-goal lead in the third period Friday at Barclays Center when Bertuzzi was assessed a five-minute penalty for slashing. The Islanders scored four times during the stretch to take their first lead of the game, but Mike Green tied the game with 29 seconds left.

Brock Nelson completed a hat trick in overtime to hand the Wings a 7-6 loss, a bitter end after such a promising start.

The Wings scored three times in the opening 15 minutes, on goals from Anthony Mantha, Martin Frk and Henrik Zetterberg. The Islanders made it a one-goal game early in the third period, but Darren Helm and Niklas Kronwall scored two minutes apart to make it 5-2.

Then Bertuzzi decided to slash Cal Clutterbuck in the back of his legs, getting tossed from the game while his teammates suffered. Brock Nelson cut Detroit’s lead to 5-3 when he tipped Matthew Barzal’s shot while near the crease, at 14:34. Then Anders Lee converted at 15:28 on a rebound, and Nick Leddy and Josh Bailey also converted to put the Islanders up, 6-5.

Good start

Mantha scored his 17th goal of the season at 1-0 at 2:13 of the first period. Zetterberg stretched a pass to Mantha, who broke in on Thomas Greiss, deked and stuffed a backhand into the net.The Wings had a 5-1 edge in shots after five minutes. They made good on another chance when Bertuzzi won a puck battle along the boards and fed Frk, who quickly released a wrist shot for a 2-0 lead at 5:12. The Islanders had only three shots on net after 10 minutes.

Zetterberg piles on

Zetterberg made it 3-0 at 14:40 of when he went for a rebound and managed to score just before tripping over Gustav Nyquist. The Wings outshot the Islanders, 14-8 in the first period.

Lead fades

The Wings blew an opportunity to better their lead when they went on a power play early in the second period. They had trouble entering the offensive zone and when they did they did not retain possession of the puck. Their lead lessened to 3-1 at 9:36 of the second period when Jordan Eberle beat Petr Mrazek five-hole on a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle. It was one of only three shots the Islanders had in the second period. Brock Nelson deflected Thomas Hickey’s shot at 3:02 of the third period to get the Islanders within a goal.

Wings pull ahead

Helm scored at 7:42 of the third period when he poked the puck into an open net. The Wings went on another power play at the nine-minute mark, and had a chance right away down low. Greiss stopped that, but Kronwall converted on a slap shot through traffic at 9:54. That ended the night for Greiss (five goals on 32 shots) as Jaroslav Halak took over in the Islanders net.

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